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The Poker Hall Of Fame
1990 - 2004
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Benny Binion, 1990
A colorful cowboy and gambler. Benny Binion founded the Horseshoe casino in downtown Las Vegas. In 1970, he inaugurated the World Series of Poker as a gambler's convention at the resort. He died on Christmas Day 1989, at age 85. He was enshrined in 1990. A tempered player who was skilled at all forms of poker, he was selected for the Hall of Fame in 1986. Deceased.
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"Chip" Reese, 1991
David Edward "Chip" Reese came to Las Vegas in 1974 with $400 in his pocket and started at the $10 limit tables. He quickly rose to become one of the game's best all-around high-stakes players. The Ohio-born gambler who began playing poker for baseball cards at age six, is a Dartmouth graduate. He was enshrined at age 40, the youngest Hall of Famer ever. An active professional gambler he lives in Las Vegas.
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"Amarillo Slim" Preston, 1992
A fast-talking, flamboyant Texas gambler and poker tournament promoter, Thomas Austin "Amarillo Slim" Preston won the world title in 1972. Unlike many gamblers of his era, he sought out publicity by going on national talk shows after winning the World Series. Preston has not competed in major Las Vegas tournaments in recent years. He resides in Texas.
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Jack Keller, 1993
"Gentleman Jack" has been one of the most consistent players since arriving in Las Vegas from Philadelphia in the early 1980s and is the 1984 World Champion. Enshrined in 1994 at age 51, he is an active professional gambler who lives in Mississippi.
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Julius Oral "Little Man" Popwell, 1996
Popwell was a gambler of near-mythical stature. He was posthumously inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1996. His road games were five-card stud. He played against Johnny Moss, Henry Green and others in the '40s and '50s. Deceased.
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Roger Moore, 1997
In 1974 Moore entered his first World Series of Poker and hasn't missed one since. Born into adversity as the son of a sharecropper, Moore has earned the reputation as one of pokers most determined and formidable practitioners. Moore is the 1994 $5k Seven Card Stud World Champion and has placed in the money 15 times. He has been in the money in the championship event three times.
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Stu Ungar, 2001
When anyone talks about the greatest poker players of all time, Stuey's name will surface immediately. Ungar was a three-time World Champion (with 5 WSOP bracelets). He won ten major No Limit Hold'em events (in which the buy-ins were $5k or higher). Amazingly, Ungar only played in about 30 of these championship events in his lifetime.
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Lyle Berman, 2002
Berman is a three-time winner at the World Series of Poker (Limit Omaha in '89, no-limit hold’em in '92, and deuce-to-seven draw in '94). He has finished second at the WSOP four times. In 1991, he won the $5,000 no-limit hold'em championship at the Hall of Fame Poker Classic. Despite this high level of tournament success, Berman prefers high stakes cash games.
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Johnny Chan, 2002
Johnny Chan is the winner of back-to-back World Championships in 1987 and 1988. His second victory is legendary.
He lost the biggest pot in history, then came back to take the title. He was immortalized in Rounders
as he played himself. The movie contains footage from his second championship when he
trapped Eric Seidel into moving all in with a pair of queens against the nut straight.
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